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'In modern day Australia, a marriage is pulled apart by mistrust, paranoia and violence. A woman breaks apart in the turmoil.
'In medieval England, a woman has mystic visions. The patriarchs write them off as female madness, but she knows her truth. These visions allow her to be heard—maybe even to connect across centuries.
'In My Dearworthy Darling, threads that run through history are woven into a tapestry. As the strands draw ever tighter, the old languages threaten to tear asunder. What new worlds might open?'
Source: Malthouse Theatre.
Notes
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Written specifically for feminist theatre company The Rabble.
Production Details
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Produced by Malthouse Theatre at the Beckett Theatre, 2-18 August 2018.
Directors: The Rabble.
Design: The Rabble.
Cast includes Jennifer Vuletic.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Grim Vision of Gaslighting through the Ages
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 August 2019;
— Review of My Dearworthy Darling 2019 single work drama'In the early 1410s, after 20 years of marriage, 14 children and countless post-natal visitations from Christ, Margery Kempe persuaded her husband to take a vow of chastity with her. An illiterate middle-class woman, Kempe generally is regarded as having written the first autobiography in English. She dictated it in the third person. And, by god, she writes like Chaucer’s Wife of Bath.'(Introduction)
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My Dearworthy Darling
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 67-68)
— Review of My Dearworthy Darling 2019 single work drama'In the beginning there is the sound of deep breathing and heartbeat. Woman, the electric Jennifer Vuletic, lies writhing on a rock, splayed as if for sacrifice. Is she in a state of anguish or ecstasy? My Dearworthy Darling ushers us into a space fraught with uncertainty, the kind where questions beget more questions. Fortunately, we are in the deft hands of THE RABBLE, a feminist theatre collective that rejects theatre as a comfortable form of entertainment. The play is an amalgam of the ‘holy theatre’ that Peter Brook wrote of in his ground-breaking work The Empty Space (1968) and the deconstructing feminist gaze of Caryl Churchill.' (Introduction)
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Contemporary and Medieval Women’s Voices Collide in My Dearworthy Darling
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 13 August 2019;'My Dearworthy Darling is a collaboration between playwright, fantasy novelist, poet, and theatre critic Alison Croggon and feminist theatre company The Rabble (Kate Davis and Emma Valente).'
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My Dearworthy Darling
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 67-68)
— Review of My Dearworthy Darling 2019 single work drama'In the beginning there is the sound of deep breathing and heartbeat. Woman, the electric Jennifer Vuletic, lies writhing on a rock, splayed as if for sacrifice. Is she in a state of anguish or ecstasy? My Dearworthy Darling ushers us into a space fraught with uncertainty, the kind where questions beget more questions. Fortunately, we are in the deft hands of THE RABBLE, a feminist theatre collective that rejects theatre as a comfortable form of entertainment. The play is an amalgam of the ‘holy theatre’ that Peter Brook wrote of in his ground-breaking work The Empty Space (1968) and the deconstructing feminist gaze of Caryl Churchill.' (Introduction)
-
Grim Vision of Gaslighting through the Ages
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 August 2019;
— Review of My Dearworthy Darling 2019 single work drama'In the early 1410s, after 20 years of marriage, 14 children and countless post-natal visitations from Christ, Margery Kempe persuaded her husband to take a vow of chastity with her. An illiterate middle-class woman, Kempe generally is regarded as having written the first autobiography in English. She dictated it in the third person. And, by god, she writes like Chaucer’s Wife of Bath.'(Introduction)
-
Contemporary and Medieval Women’s Voices Collide in My Dearworthy Darling
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 13 August 2019;'My Dearworthy Darling is a collaboration between playwright, fantasy novelist, poet, and theatre critic Alison Croggon and feminist theatre company The Rabble (Kate Davis and Emma Valente).'
